2008

• 8/11/2008 STScI-2008-31 1. Hubble Unveils Colorful and Turbulent Star-Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit Milestone In commemoration of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completing its 100,000th orbit in its 18th year of exploration and discovery, scientists... (More)
• 7/8/2008 STScI-2008-26 2. Iain Neill Reid Appointed as Head of STScI Science Mission Office The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has appointed Dr. Iain Neill Reid as Head of the STScI's Science Mission Office (SMO). (More)
• 5/1/2008 STScI-2008-19 3. Riccardo Giacconi to Receive National Inventors Hall of Fame's Lifetime Achievement Award Riccardo Giacconi, founding director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., will receive the 2008 Lifetime... (More)
• 4/28/2008 STScI-2008-18 4. STScI and JHU Astronomer Adam Riess Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) astronomer and professor... (More)
• 3/10/2008 STScI-2008-10 5. The Aesthetics of Hubble Images Showcased at Walters Art Museum Just as the early explorers ventured ever further into the oceans, recording the wonders they encountered, today's astronomers are probing farther... (More)
• 2/15/2008 STScI-2008-12 6. STScI Astronomers to Head Two Studies of Next Generation Astronomy Missions Two astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., Dr. Marc Postman and Dr. Ken Sembach, have been selected... (More)
• 1/15/2008 STScI-2008-05 7. NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers At a ceremony today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories... (More)

2007

• 12/5/2007 STScI-2007-43 8. Planet Hunter Geoff Marcy to Give Annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture Dec. 11 Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the annual John N. Bahcall... (More)
• 8/22/2007 STScI-2007-22 9. Hubble Teams with Google to Bring the Cosmos Down to Earth Imagine cruising the heavens from your desktop and seeing all the spectacular images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Exploding... (More)
• 7/17/2007 STScI-2007-29 10. Gruber Cosmology Prize Awarded to STScI Dark Energy Discoverers Four astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. are on two teams sharing the $500,000 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their discovery... (More)
• 5/29/2007 STScI-2007-23 11. STScI Appoints New Mission Head for the James Webb Space Telescope The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has appointed Dr. Kathryn Flanagan as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mission Head. (More)
• 5/7/2007 STScI-2007-21 12. Institute Educator Will Lead Workshop for British Queen Queen Elizabeth II will learn about NASA education tomorrow, May 8, when she visits NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Bonnie Eisenhamer... (More)
• 5/1/2007 STScI-2007-20 13. HubbleSite Wins Top International Honor The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Internet, has selected HubbleSite.org for the Best Science Website of 2007. HubbleSite also won the accompanying People's... (More)
• 4/24/2007 STScI-2007-16 14. The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic... (More)

2006

• 10/31/2006 STScI-2006-53 15. Hubble Servicing Mission 4 NASA announced today plans for a fifth servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Shuttle astronauts will visit the telescope to extend and improve the observatory's capabilities through... (More)
• 10/19/2006 STScI-2006-48 16. Mars May Be Cozy Place for Hardy Microbes A class of especially hardy microbes that live in some of the harshest Earthly environments could flourish on cold Mars and other chilly planets, according to a research... (More)
• 10/3/2006 STScI-2006-49 17. JWST Project Scientist Wins Nobel Prize for Physics John C. Mather, a senior astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)... (More)
• 8/25/2006 STScI-2006-43 18. Robert Williams Named President-Elect of the International Astronomical Union The General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, has named Dr. Robert Williams, Space Telescope Science... (More)
• 8/15/2006 STScI-2006-40 19. STScI Astrophysicist Shares 2006 Gruber Cosmology Prize Astrophysicist Michael G. Hauser (Space Telescope Science Institute deputy director and adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Johns Hopkins University... (More)
• 6/21/2006 STScI-2006-27 20. Dark Energy Co-Discoverer Adam Riess Shares Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2006 Astronomer Adam Riess, of the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Johns Hopkins University, and two colleagues, have been awarded... (More)
• 5/16/2006 STScI-2006-21 21. Astronomer Wins Top Prize for Creating Black Hole Web Site Explore the world of black holes in an award-winning Web site created by a team led by Roeland van der Marel, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science... (More)
• 2/1/2006 STScI-2006-08 22. Lecture Series Promotes Respect in the Workplace Today's workplace for "hard-discipline" organizations, such as science, technology, engineering and medicine requires a more diverse and balanced set of skills for success... (More)

2005

• 8/31/2005 STScI-2005-24 23. Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory. (More)
• 8/9/2005 STScI-2005-23 24. FITS for Fun -- Create Spectacular Pictures in Minutes With the release of version 2 of the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator image processing software, it's now even easier and faster to create stunning... (More)
• 6/13/2005 STScI-2005-08 25. New Director Appointed at Space Telescope Dr. Mattias (Matt) Mountain has been appointed director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, the science operations center for NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope... (More)
• 4/25/2005 STScI-2005-12 26. Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images During the 15 years NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has orbited the Earth, it has taken more than 700,000 photos of the cosmos; images that have awed, astounded... (More)
• 2/16/2005 STScI-2005-14 27. Founding Hubble Institute Director to Receive National Medal of Science Dr. Riccardo Giacconi, founding director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), will receive the 2003 National Medal of Science... (More)
• 2/10/2005 STScI-2005-07 28. American Astronomical Society Sets Goals for Improving Gender Equity in Astronomy The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has endorsed a new set of recommendations to improve the status of gender equity in astronomy. The recommendations... (More)

2004

• 7/8/2004 STScI-2004-53 29. Process Astronomical Images on Your Home Computer Just Like the Experts Anyone with a desktop computer running Adobe® Photoshop® or Adobe Photoshop Elements software can try their hand at crafting astronomical... (More)
• 6/24/2004 STScI-2004-16 30. Hubble IMAX Film Takes Viewers on Ride Through Space and Time Take a virtual ride to the outer reaches of the universe and explore 10 billion years of galactic history, from fully formed and majestic... (More)
• 6/10/2004 STScI-2004-50 31. STScI Director Steven Beckwith Inducted as 2004 American Academy Fellow The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of 178 new Fellows and 24 new Foreign Honorary Members to Academy membership. Dr. (More)
• 5/6/2004 STScI-2004-48 32. Ethan J. Schreier to Become President of Associated Universities, Inc. The Board of Trustees of Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) has announced the appointment of Dr. Ethan J. Schreier as the next President of AUI. Schreier... (More)
• 5/4/2004 STScI-2004-47 33. HubbleSite.org Nominated for Best Science Web Site for the Eighth Annual Webby Awards The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for web sites and individual achievement in technology and creativity... (More)
• 1/15/2004 STScI-2004-03 34. 2004 Van Biesbroeck Prize Awarded to Doxsey Citing "his outstanding, unselfish dedication to making the Hubble Space Telescope one of the most scientifically productive telescopes of all time," the American Astronomical... (More)

2003

• 11/20/2003 STScI-2003-34 35. Vote for your Favorite Hubble Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 Picture To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, you're invited... (More)
• 11/7/2003 STScI-2003-33 36. Thompson and NICMOS Team Win Muhlmann Award The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) has awarded its 2003 Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award to Professor Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona)... (More)
• 9/10/2003 STScI-2003-27 37. NASA Approves James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Architecture NASA today announced a major milestone in the development of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the selection of a beryllium-based mirror technology for the telescope's... (More)

2002

• 11/21/2002 STScI-2002-28 38. Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe" A new book of majestic images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings the wonders of our universe to the fingertips... (More)
• 10/9/2002 STScI-2002-26 39. Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Astronomer for NASA-Funded Research Riccardo Giacconi, the "father of X-ray astronomy," has received the Nobel Prize in physics for "pioneering contributions to astrophysics,"... (More)
• 9/11/2002 STScI-2002-20 40. NASA Announces Contract for Next-Generation Space Telescope Named After Space Pioneer NASA has selected TRW to build the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. This space-based observatory... (More)
• 4/9/2002 STScI-2002-09 41. Hubble Astronomer Creates Spectacular Galaxy Collision Visualization for the National Air and Space Museum Someday our Milky Way Galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy may come crashing together in a horrendous collision... (More)
• 3/21/2002 STScI-2002-08 42. Test Your Skills as a 'Galaxy Hunter' Journey to the deepest regions of space and wrestle with the cosmic giants called galaxies. In "Galaxy Hunter," students can go online... (More)
• 2/15/2002 STScI-2002-06 43. New Instrument Package to Expand Space Telescope's Vision NASA's Servicing Mission 3B for the Hubble Space Telescope will give the orbiting observatory a new camera that will significantly increase Hubble's abilities... (More)

2001

• 10/29/2001 STScI-2001-35 44. $10 Million NSF Grant to Fund "National Virtual Observatory" The National Virtual Observatory (NVO) will unite astronomical databases of many earthbound and orbital observatories, taking advantage of the latest computer technology... (More)
• 10/23/2001 STScI-2001-36 45. AURA's OPUS Software Licensed to Celera Genomics The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) has reached an agreement with Celera Genomics Group, an Applera Corporation business in Rockville... (More)
• 6/4/2001 STScI-2001-18 46. Bigger, Better Catalog Unveils Half a Billion Celestial Objects It's a very big universe out there, and an astronomer's work is never done when it comes to simply counting and cataloging... (More)
• 6/4/2001 STScI-2001-17 47. Build Your Own Space Scrapbook Want to learn more about your favorite star or galaxy? NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures and other information about thousands of stars and galaxies... (More)
• 2/8/2001 STScI-2001-06 48. See What NASA's Hubble Sees, with the Click of a Mouse

  How old is the universe? How big is it? What is its fate? Where did the planets, stars, and galaxies come from? Are we alone here? Scientists... (More)

2000

• 4/11/2000 STScI-2000-16 49. April 24 Marks a Triumphant Ten Years in Space for Hubble Space Telescope In its first ten years, the 12.5-ton Earth-orbiting NASA's Hubble has studied 13,670 objects, has made 271,000 individual observations... (More)

1999

• 4/19/1999 STScI-1999-17 50. Maryland Science Center's "Space Place" Showcases Hubble Discoveries The Maryland Science Center's new Outer Space Place offers visitors a chance to explore the wonders of the universe as seen through the eyes of the Hubble telescope. (More)

1998

• 12/10/1998 STScI-1998-43 51. Extraterrestrial Civilizations: Coming of Age in the Milky Way If civilizations exist around other stars they are likely to be just emerging across our Galaxy right now: like an apple orchard suddenly maturing and ripening... (More)
• 11/10/1998 STScI-1998-40 52. Leonid Meteor Storm Won't Deter Hubble from Space Observations The anticipated celestial bombardment called the Leonid meteor storm on the afternoon of November 17th, 1998 won't deter the Hubble telescope... (More)
• 10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 53. Astronomers Unveil Colorful Hubble Photo Gallery A vibrant celestial photo album of some of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning views of the universe is being unveiled today on the Internet. Called the Hubble Heritage... (More)
• 10/9/1998 STScI-1998-33 54. Second Hubble Web Simulcast Takes Listeners on a Tour of the Cosmos The popular National Public Radio program "The Marc Steiner Show" (WJHU, FM 88.1) and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore... (More)
• 7/1/1998 STScI-1998-24 55. Hubble Simulcast Links Outer Space to Cyberspace Expanding its broadcast universe far beyond the Baltimore area and into cyberspace, the popular WJHU radio program "The Marc Steiner... (More)
• 6/8/1998 STScI-1998-20 56. NASA Selects Home for Next Generation Space Telescope The duties of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., will be expanded to include the management of science operations for the Next Generation... (More)
• 1/27/1998 STScI-1998-09 57. Space Telescope Science Institute Gets New Director An agreement has been reached in principle to appoint Dr. Steven V. W. Beckwith director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), in Baltimore. The agreement... (More)
• 1/9/1998 STScI-1998-01 58. Astronomers Discover an Infrared Background Glow in the Universe Astronomers have assembled the first definitive detection of a background infrared glow across the sky produced by dust warmed by all the stars that have existed... (More)

1997

• 3/19/1997 STScI-1997-06 59. 1997 Hubble Fellows to Study HST Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has selected fifteen young scientists for the 1997 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awardees were selected... (More)

1996

• 7/18/1996 STScI-1996-25 60. Hubble Achieves Milestone: 100,000th Exposure The Hubble telescope reached a milestone several years sooner than scientists expected when it snapped its 100,000th exposure June 22, 1996. The six-year-old orbiting observatory... (More)
• 7/8/1996 STScI-1996-26 61. Hubble Telescope Measures Diameters of Pulsating Stars The Hubble telescope has been used successfully to measure the diameters of a special class of pulsating star called a Mira variable, which rhythmically change size. (More)
• 4/30/1996 STScI-1996-20 62. The Original National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey to be Available on 8 CD-ROMs The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) are pleased to announce... (More)
• 4/17/1996 STScI-1996-19 63. 1996 Hubble Fellows to Study HST Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has selected nine young scientists for the 1996 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awardees were selected... (More)
• 2/12/1996 STScI-1996-08 64. For First Time Ever, K-12 Students Get Hands on the Hubble Space Telescope as Part of Innovative "Passport to Knowledge" Project The planets Neptune and Pluto have been selected as targets for original... (More)

1995

• 11/29/1995 STScI-1995-49 65. HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing... (More)
• 3/31/1995 STScI-1995-19 66. 1995 Hubble Fellows to Study HST Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has selected 12 young scientists for the 1995 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awardees were selected from a pool of applications... (More)

1994

• 9/21/1994 STScI-1994-42 67. Hubble Uncovers a Hidden Quasar in a Nearby Galaxy (Cygnus A) Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have found, to their surprise, that a relatively nearby galaxy harbors a powerful quasar. (More)
• 7/17/1994 STScI-1994-29 68. Astronomers View Comet Impact with Jupiter Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute huddle around monitors to get a glimpse of images from fragment A of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9's collision with Jupiter... (More)
• 3/28/1994 STScI-1994-14 69. 1994 Hubble Fellows to Study HST Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has recently selected 11 young scientists for the 1994 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awardees were selected... (More)
• 1/13/1994 STScI-1994-08 70. Comparative View of a Star Before and After the Installation of the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) This pair of images of a single star, taken with the European Space Agency's... (More)
• 1/13/1994 STScI-1994-01 71. Picture Perfect: Hubble's New Improved Optics Probe the Core of a Distant Galaxy This comparison image of the core of galaxy M100 shows the dramatic improvement in the Hubble telescope's view of the universe. (More)
• 1/13/1994 STScI-1994-03 72. Galaxy M100 Resolution Comparison This sequence of pictures shows successive steps in optical improvement from ground based telescopes to the newly improved Hubble Space Telescope and demonstrates the unique capability... (More)

1993

• 6/8/1993 STScI-1993-12 73. The Baltimore Charter: An Initiative to Improve the Status of Women in Astronomy In an unprecedented effort to better the conditions and opportunities for women in astronomy, the Space Telescope Science Institute... (More)
• 6/7/1993 STScI-1993-14 74. STScI Preparing a Desktop Universe For Astronomers Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland report that their ambitious program to make a digitized survey of the entire sky available... (More)
• 4/2/1993 STScI-1993-08 75. Riccardo Giacconi Awarded NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal Dr. Riccardo Giacconi, former Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his outstanding... (More)
• 4/2/1993 STScI-1993-07 76. NASA Recognizes HST Guide Star Catalog Developers Citing "teamwork and dedication in the development of the world's largest star catalog to be used in pointing the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)"... (More)
• 3/29/1993 STScI-1993-06 77. Young Astronomers Awarded Hubble Fellowships and Opportunity to Study HST Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has selected 15 new scientists for the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awardees... (More)
• 1/4/1993 STScI-1993-05 78. Dark Matter Found in a "Typical" Cluster of Galaxies Astronomer John S. Mulchaey, of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSCI) and fellow team members announced today the discovery of a huge concentration... (More)

1992

• 9/10/1992 STScI-1992-23 79. Amateur Astronomers Will Use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Six amateur astronomers will have a rare opportunity to use NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope to conduct original research. Officials at the Space Telescope Science Institute... (More)
• 7/11/1992 STScI-1992-22 80. Parker Receives Exceptional Achievement Award Patricia A. Parker, Head of the Operations Division at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, has received a 1992 Goddard Exceptional Achievement... (More)
• 5/7/1992 STScI-1992-15 81. Space Telescope Science Institute Prepares a "Desktop Universe" For Astronomers Imagine turning your home computer into the equivalent of a professional telescope which can display millions of stars and galaxies located anywhere... (More)
• 1/14/1992 STScI-1992-10 82. Hubble Fellowship Program Selects Talented Young Astronomers for Studying Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (ST ScI) has selected 13 new scientists for the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. (More)

1991

• 4/3/1991 STScI-1991-06 83. NASA Awards Hubble Space Telescope Mission Planners Citing "exceptional accomplishments and contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project," NASA has given awards to Dr. Rodger Doxsey, Chief of the Science... (More)
• 4/3/1991 STScI-1991-07 84. Hubble Fellowship Program Selects Talented Young Astronomers for Studying Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has selected 12 new scientists for the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. (More)